Hasp-lock.



No. 665,280. Paten ted Jan. I, l90l. w. n. STALCUP.

HASP LOCK.

(Application filed Aug. 21, 1900.)

(No Model.)

aftozmnsa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. STALCUP, OF WORTHINGTON, INDIANA.

HASP-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 665,280, dated January 1, 1901.

Application filed August 21, 1900. Serial No. 27,586. \No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatl, WILLIAM D. STALCUP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worthington, in the county of Greene and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to an improved hasp.

The object of the invention is to provide a self-lockinghasp which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation showing in full lines the hasp in locked position and in dotted lines the hasp in unlocked posit-ion. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view on line 00 on, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of a portion of the hasp, showing the notch in which the bolt in the lockcasing works.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the side of a building, and 2 denotes a door.

3 denotes a staple secured to the side of the 'bnilding,and 4: denotes the ha-sp,suitably hung to the door and provided with an eye 5, to be engaged with said staple. The hasp is provided in its body portion with a longitudinal opening 6, which is covered by a sliding frame 7, consisting of two plates 7 7 secured together by bolts or equivalent fastening means 7, which extend through the opening in said hasp. One of the walls forming the longitudinal opening is provided with a bolt-notch 7 and one of the plates constituting the sliding frame is provided with a bolt 7 which is adapted to be shot across the eye 5 when said eye is engaged with the staple and secure the hasp in locked position thereto. Arranged between one of the plates of the sliding frame and attached thereto and entirely concealed from View is a lock-casing 8, the bolt 9 of which is adapted to be shot into the notch 7 d and be retracted therefrom byakey (not shown) inserted through a keyhole 7 of the plate 7*. This lock may be of any wellknown or approved pattern; but as the particular construction of the same forms no part of my invention further description is not thought to be necessary.

In operation when it is desired to lock the hasp in closed position the free end of the hasp is swung up until its eye is engaged with the staple 3. The sliding frame 7 is now moved toward the free end of the hasp and its bolt projected through the staple. The bolt of the lock-casing is now shot into the notch 7 and the key withdrawn, thus leaving the hasp locked to the staple.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a hasp provided with an eye at one end adapted to engage a staple and with a longitudinal body-slot 6 intersected by a notch 7, of a sliding frame consisting of two plates 7 7 bolted together through said slot and arranged on opposite sides of the hasp, a bolt carried by said sliding frame, and a lock supported by the sliding frame, inclosed by the pieces constituting the sides of the frame and by the upper and lower wall of said slot, said lock having a bolt adapted to engage the notch 7 substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM D. STALOUP.

Witnesses:

HARRY FOLEY, DANIEL SAUOERMAN. 

